ho had been acquitted two
years before, acquitted on five indictments. Judith
Witchell acquitted on two, found guilty on a third.
She and Ann Tilling sentenced to execution. They
must have been reprieved. Inderwick; _Gentleman's
Magazine_, 1832, pt. II, p. 489-492.
1673. Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Durham. At least
twenty-three women and six men accused to various
justices of the peace by Ann Armstrong, who confessed
to being present at witch meetings, and who
acted as a witch discoverer. Some of those whom
she accused were accused by others. Margaret Milburne,
whom she seems not to have mentioned, also
accused, _York Depositions_, 191-202.
1674. Northampton. Ann Foster said to have been hanged
for destroying sheep and burning barns by witchcraft.
_A Full and True Relation of The Tryal, Condemnation,
and Execution of Ann Foster_ (1674).
1674. Middlesex. Elizabeth Row of Hackney held in bail for
her appearance at Quarter Sessions. _Middlesex
County Records_, IV, 42-43.
1674. Southton, Somerset. John and Agnes Knipp acquitted.
Inderwick.
1674? (see above, p. 269, note). Salisbury. Woman acquitted,
but kept in gaol. North, _Life of North_, 130, 131.
1674-75. Lancashire. Joseph Hinchcliffe and his wife bound
over to appear at the assizes. He committed suicide
and his wife died soon after. _York Depositions_,
208; Oliver Heywood's _Diary_ (1881-1885), I, 362.
1675. Southton, Somerset. Martha Rylens acquitted on five
indictments. Inderwick.
1676. Devonshire. Susannah Daye acquitted. Inderwick.
1676. Cornwall. Mary Clarkson acquitted. Inderwick.
c. 1679. Ely, Cambridgeshire. Witch condemned, but reprieved.
Hutchinson, _Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft_, 41.
c. 1680. Somerset. Anna Rawlins acquitted. Inderwick.
c. 1680. Derbyshire. Elizabeth Hole of Wingerworth accused
and committed for charging a baronet with witchcraft.
J. C. Cox, _Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals_, II, 90.
1680. Yorkshire, Elizabeth Fenwick of Longwitton acquitted.
_York Depositions_, 247.
1682. London. Jane Kent acquitted. _A Full and True Account
... but more especially the Tryall of Jane Kent for
Witchcraft_ (1682).
1682. Surrey. Joan
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